The trails around Flathorn Lake and up to markers 9 and 10 by the LIttle Isabella River were excellent. The recent fluffy snow just covered the classically groomed trails.

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(Barbara Glaser)

Doug, Cindy, John, and I skied 2>1>18>19>20>22>12>17>3. The trails had 1 or more inches of light fluffy snow on top of the tracks. But were easy to ski through. We took a detour and went out onto Lake Gegoka only to discover the heavy slush under the 2 feet of fluffy snow cover. Do not recommend skiing on the lake, it appears there is slushy areas throughout the lake. Beautiful day on the trails flushed on grouse out of the snow, as we skied close to its cover. That produced a bit of a screech from me.

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(Nancy Schultz)

Lovely ski through beautiful pines. My second time on these trails. A bit of snow covered the trails but it was still smooth skiing.

(Noah Shea)

A windy day but that was not a problem on this densely wooded intimate trail system. Conditions were very good. Grooming was excellent. A very few needles blown of the trees but that was trivial. Really nice!

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(Tim Grebner)

Another fantastic ski on newly groomed trails, the snow was cold and slow but stunning. Even the typical drifted areas were tracked well. There is at least 2 to 3 feet of snow on the ground, The quality of the snow has been superb this year.

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(Nancy Schultz)

Thanks to the fantastic grooming after a 4 1/2 inch snowfall, the trails were awesome. The groomer reported seeing moose and lynx tracks the last time he was out (not today).

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(Nancy Schultz)

Just returned from a three hour ski with my husband. We continue to be amazed at how near-perfect the trails are and how incredibly beautiful the forest is right now. Thanks, Gary, for all your support in grooming and enduring the start-up challenges associated with creating a new non-profit, charged with protecting, maintaining, and promoting this unique wilderness trail system.

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(Nancy Schultz)

I just returned from an hour of the best classic skiing I can say ever exists. Newly groomed trails, a wonderful surprise to me, 8 degrees and a moon starting to emerge. Life was indeed blissful for an hour.

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(Nancy Schultz)

-9 degree 9k ski today on fresh tracked trails for 80% of the way, the other trails had the new 1" cover over them with some windblown areas covering up the tracks set last week. Cold slow snow but fantastic outdoor experience in the Superior National Forest today.

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(Nancy Schultz)

Another inch of snow fell on Friday night into Saturday morning, all trails are set with tracks, trails 19 to 23, and 19 to 23 were set with tracks on Saturday. We skied the trails that were tracked on Thursday but got the extra inch of snow on Saturday morning and they were good except in the small portion of the trails system that had exposure to wind, where the tracks were nonexistent for a short stretch. We had another extraordinary afternoon on these trails experiencing the beauty of the wilderness that surrounds the trail system.

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(Nancy Schultz)